I was in a car vs. bike accident (I was on a bike and hit and run over by a 25 passenger econo van.) and that hurt worse, mostly because I didn't get the stunning, amazing baby afterwards. So how about you? What hurt more than labor?

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Honestly . . . almost anything hurts me more than a good, natural birth xD We had our daughter all-natural at home last April, and my birth was virtually painless and she was born without me pushing even once. It was worlds different from the horrible and painful birth I had with my son in the hospital.

Sorry to be a downer, ladies, but nothing I've experienced has hurt worse than natural childbirth. Gallstones, a painful neck injury, a pilonidal cyst, a broken leg... nothing came close. That said, I teach natural childbirth classes and am highly passionate about it, so the fact that something so mind-bendingly painful could be so rewarding that I actually want to encourage others to do the same must say something! ;)

That's a long list, but I had quick natural labors (though the 8-pound second one did hurt way more than the 5-pound first one who came early). Ironically, round ligament pain in my first pregnancy hurt way more than either labor. So did breaking my tibia.

Gallbladder attacks. When I went into the ER with severe pain and told the nurse that it was worse than childbirth she didn't believe me until I told her I'd given birth 7 days prior sans medicine and received a 3rd degree laceration in the process and none of that compared to the pain of that attack. I'd rather have 10 natural births over 1 gall bladder attack.

nothing was more *powerful* feeling, but as far as unbearable PAIN that i couldnt do anything to alleviate, i'd say shingles, and a severe pinched nerve in my neck during pregnancy. Made my arm feel like it was on fire and there was no position i could get in to make the pain stop. At least with labor, usually movement or laying in a certain position or doing something makes it all bearable. i could do something about the pain. absolutely nothing to be done, position-wise to help nerve pain or shingles (which is a type of nerve pain too). (though, off topic but if anyone gets shingles, B12 helped the pain more than anything else and Lysine stopped the spread of the rash)

I broke my ankle and had it reset without pain medication (because I was pregnant at the time and the doctor didn't want to risk it). It was easily the most painful experience of my life. Unlike labour, it did not come and go in waves--it lasted several minutes--and I didn't have endorphins working for me. The nurse, who was trying to distract me, asked how I was going to get through labour if I couldn't handle that.

My labour itself didn't hurt. It was only the crowning/pushing part (and the stitching afterwards) that was painful.

I don't actually know what it was that happened to me that hurt worse than labor. But I think my body was having an allergic reaction to a niacin supplement? I was involuntarily evacuating my kidneys. Worst.Pain.Ever.

Labor was pretty bad though. Baby was turning and coming down at the same time. Ouch! But it was still an awesome experience.

Born August1982. Love/Marriage May2003/June2010. Home birth for daughter March2013.

Kidney stones. I has three kidney stones the night before my daughter was born (all natural-no drugs birth) and I was in such agonizing pain. They actually gave me morphine for the stones and I took it. I have hasstwo unmedicated births (last one was a 9lb 7oz bruiser!) and the kidneys were the worst. Oh and a scratched cornea. The pain was unbearable, I was literally going crazy until they put some drops that had some form of cocaine in them and the pain went away instantly.

Muscle spasms in my back. I was screaming and writhing in bed in agony for over an hour. This happened several times for a few days, couldn't get out of bed for a week and had to walk with crutches for another week. Debilitating back pain was way worse for me than my 6 hour natural homebirth. Sure, it hurt but labor is a productive pain. It has a beautiful end to it, it's not pointless. For me, labor was a breeze in comparison.

I had hand, foot and mouth and had blisters come up all in my nether regions. Then they got infected. Trying to pee left me throwing up or nearly unconscious from pain. Easily a 10. My births were a 9, 8 and 7 respectively on the pain scale.